(Prolifer)ations 6-22-09
by Kelli
Spotlighting important information gleaned from other pro-life blogs…
This young girl is in tears over how attached she is to the zygote, but somehow manages to justify her decision to abort it extremely easily (“everyone is telling me that being a mom will suck at first but then it will be wonderful. What if it’s not? I want to do something I enjoy for a change, something for me!”). Attached to the zygote? But able to abort? Really? Maybe her story is a good example of why women experience poor mental health as the result of an abortion….
Now I was raised by tough and courageous parents, who moved across the ocean to escape an immoral regime. Maybe that’s why I find I’m often short on the sympathy file. If you claim to want to do the right thing, then just do it. Don’t write long meandering tracts on how you wanted to but couldn’t possibly be brave….
You know what I’m sorry about?… I’m sorry a person can be so spineless as to kill her child in favor of a Master’s degree [a]nd then claim “it was the right thing to do” to the nodding affirmation of New York Times types.
Chair of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Lynn Scott, said the implications of the program are not yet known, but said she is pleased the report has finally been released.
“I think some parents will certainly welcome it. I’m not sure that’s true of all parents,” she told the Ottawa Citizen, and added that acceptance of the program “will depend on how much importance people place on parents interacting with their young children.”
The marginalization of fatherhood can be traced to many developments, but one prime source of this marginalization is the intellectual class and its radical commitment to ideological feminism…..
Fatherhood has been marginalized in the society at large, and even the biological contribution of a father can now be replaced by a mere “donor” from a sperm bank or a fertility clinic.
He also references a National Review article which comments on 5 myths surrounding fathers and family:
The ‘Mr. Mom’ surge Women want everything 50-50 Marriage is just a piece of paper The kids are alright Dad is dispensable
[Photo attribution: southofboston.net]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
This reminds me of that theme of the song “The Cat in the Cradle” with the line “when you coming home Dad”, I don’t know when but we’ll be together then son we’re gonna have a great time then”, with the son’s refrain “I’m gonna be like him”. Every parent in the world needs to understand that if you don’t have time for your kids when they need you, they will not have time for you later, you only get a few short years to make a difference in your child’s life and you never get those years back. NEVER. My husband is an awesome dad, although his father was a deadbeat dad, he knew what NOT to do.
Hey Jill, I saw a part of Obama’s message to dads it was pretty good, but The White House is trying to act like they are the only administration to promote good fathers. Why with all his talk of the importance of fathers can he be so pro-abortion in every circumstance and be in bed with the largest abortion provider in the nation, PP. Black babies are being aborted at an astronomical rate but he has NEVER seen an abortion he didn’t like, his legislative record proves it. The most radical pro-abort president ever wants men to take responsibility but only if the baby is wanted by the woman and even if the baby survives a botched abortion it is ok for the mother to kill him or her. Just make sure we get a dead baby one way or another. God help this nation and this president.
Jasper’s quote of the day is the following:
“Abortion is pro-choice, and until the human population is reduced to a sustainable level, it is also pro-life.”
~ Randy Alcorn, as quoted by Santa Maria Times, June 21
Can Jasper or whoever’s responsible make a better distinction between the truly pro-life Randy Alcorn whose blog is Eternal Perspectives and the Randy A. Alcorn who writes for the Santa Maria Times? They are not the same person, and the Randy A. Alcorn will likely confuse some people who have read books by the solidly pro-life Randy Alcorn. At least, I was at first confused, especially since this is a pro-life blog and I expect to see quotes that I can support (I understand that this particular thought was meant as food for thought and ultimate spewing, to show the way some people wrongly think). For more information, see the entry for June 12 on the Eternal Perspectives Blog, “The Rise of Child Abuse as a Result of Abortion.”
For an example of previous confusion, refer to Jivin J’s Life Links for June 9, 2009. Commenters there made various hypotheses about that Mr. Alcorn’s identity. Remember, Randy Alcorn is apparently a popular name.
oops! I made the wrong link for my second reference to the Eternal Perspectives blog. Check out the entry for June 12, “The Rise of Child Abuse as a Result of Abortion.” This article is by the authentically pro-life Randy Alcorn, and he also mentions some other Randy Alcorns.
Jon, I’ve made the distinction.
yeah, I saw the Motherlode entry on this situation.
Gotta love the lack of critical thinking and reasoning skills this one paragraph alone exhibits:
Once I came to the decision to terminate the pregnancy, so much of the guilt and sadness I’d been feeling melted away. I felt happy for the first time since finding out and I feel like my family is supportive of my decision. I’m focusing on the child I’ll have in a few years from now with someone I feel safe with and supported by. The life of that child will be infinitely better than this one and, sometimes, I wonder if such a miserable, lonely woman could even have a healthy child. There’s more to being a good birth mother than avoiding alcohol and eating right and I just don’t know if I have it. I’m a responsible girl but maybe that means knowing when you’ve put too much on yourself and it won’t work out.
1. there’s the assumption that, postabortive, she will ever be able to conceive
2. the life of her future child will be better than this one. Yes, of course it will, because this child will be DEAD.
3. responsible girl? I beg to differ. A responsible girl would face up to consequences of her premarital sex and have the baby. A responsible girl would not make her baby pay for her immaturity.
This is rationalization as pure art.
Did she have the abortion, angel?
Hi Carla: assuming the story is real, I’m betting she did. but I don’t know for sure.
Angel:
I also noticed how pathetic it was that she praised the baby’s father for stepping up to the plate by driving her to the abortion clinic and telling her that everything will be ok. That’s stepping up to the plate? A car ride and a pat on the back?
That article absolutely disgusted me. One of the central arguments of the pro-choice side is that women have no resources, no support, no options and we should refrain from imposing our views on these desperate situations. Here we have a girl with a bachelor’s degree, a supportive family, contact with a ready and willing adoption agency, an income that is too high to qualify for government assistance, and an admitted attachment to her unborn child. Yet scroll through the comments under the article and what do you see? Are there numerous posts from pro-choicers pointing out that she is very capable of having the baby? Perhaps encouragement to adopt, since the opportunity has already presented itself? Maybe posts telling her that a strong woman can raise a child and continue their education with dedication and patience? No, of course not. The general theme of the comments are congratulations for being so strong and courageous. Praise for making the “right decision”. What happened to the rhetoric about decreasing abortions and the reasons women have them? I thought the pro-choice movement was interested in keeping abortions “rare.” Does a college educated girl with resources at her disposal and adoption options who wants a master’s a degree RIGHT NOW really qualify as a situation for one of these rare abortions?
I guess I was hoping for a little outrage from those outside of the pro-life movement and I didn’t find much.
Carla and Angel, according to the blog, yes, she did have the abortion. The comments section is filled with mostly people telling her she did the smart thing. Only a handful of dissenters.
Pretty sad.
I also noticed how pathetic it was that she praised the baby’s father for stepping up to the plate by driving her to the abortion clinic and telling her that everything will be ok. That’s stepping up to the plate? A car ride and a pat on the back?
yup. This is what the “liberated” woman can expect from her “man”.
The general theme of the comments are congratulations for being so strong and courageous. Praise for making the “right decision”. What happened to the rhetoric about decreasing abortions and the reasons women have them? I thought the pro-choice movement was interested in keeping abortions “rare.” Does a college educated girl with resources at her disposal and adoption options who wants a master’s a degree RIGHT NOW really qualify as a situation for one of these rare abortions?
yes, where IS the common ground? There is NO common ground because the right to abortion is seen as liberating (from biology) by feminists. They can act like men.
Most commenters seemed to feel that as long as Emmie squirmed a little and exercised a few brain cells over her decision, she did good. :(
I noticed that as well, Angel. Many were commending her for supposedly giving this so much thought, as if entertaining the thought of letting your unborn child live deserves a trophy.
“There is NO common ground because the right to abortion is seen as liberating (from biology) by feminists. They can act like men.”
I always thought this aspect of abortion, thwarting nature to gain the reproductive status of men, was particularly against true feminism. To act as though a woman is more powerful the more she can mimic inherently masculine traits, such as the absence of child bearing, should be offensive to feminists. Women should be accepted in society as they are, with all the qualities that come with womanhood. The vast majority of women become mothers during their lifetime, so it’s obvious to me that motherhood is vital to womanhood and all it entails. An attempt to remove this intended and natural component from womanhood, especially using violent means such as abortion, sounds a bit more like oppression than liberation.
So, this young woman we’re discussing was about 22, four years older than Bristol Palin.
Bristol chose to have her child and has endured endless scorn for it.
This other young woman chose to have her child murdered so she could advance her career, and she is lauded for it.
I just don’t think it gets much more twisted and wrong than that.
Kel,
“Bristol chose to have her child and has endured endless scorn for it.”
Exactly. I don’t watch The View very often but I happened to watch it around the time of the Letterman/Palin controversy. All Joyce Behar kept going back to was the fact that Bristol got “knocked up” (she must have said it five different times) so others had a right to be mean to her. All I could think of was the HUGE number of girls who get “knocked up” but cover it up by having abortions. Is Joyce being obtuse on purpose?? Bristol should be commended for her courage to face up to her responsibility as a mother.
Wonder how that made Whoopi feel when Joy said that? Whoopi got “knocked up” several times, only to abort those children.
That’s exactly what I mean when I say things are twisted and wrong. Do the right and self-sacrificial thing by having your child and you are mocked. Cover it up by sacrificing your child to preserve your lifestyle, and you’re a hero of women’s rights. It’s total crap.
If I remember correctly, I don’t think Whoopi was there that day. I may be wrong.
Kel excellent point. The contrast in thinking in these two situations demonstrates how disordered our thinking regarding pregnancy and babies and motherhood has become.
We can directly thank every feminist who pushed contraception and abortion in the name of liberating women.